finely textured beef

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Prior to the invention of the disinfection process, beef scraps could not be processed to reduce or remove the fat, bone fragments or other non-beef components and could be sold for other uses only, such as pet food or as an ingredient for cooking oil.Because of ammonium hydroxide use in its processing, the lean finely textured beef by BFI is not permitted in Canada.…

In the United States, the additive itself cannot legally be sold directly to consumers.However, lean finely textured beef can constitute up to 15 percent of ground beef without additional labeling, and it can also be added to other meat products such as beef-based processed meats.Prior to the invention of the disinfection process, beef scraps could not be processed to reduce or remove the fat, bone fragments or other non-beef components and could be sold for other uses only, such as pet food or as an ingredient for cooking oil.…

USDA spokesman Mike Jarvis stated that of the 117 million pounds of beef ordered nationally for the school lunch program last year, six percent was LFTB.An analysis of California Department of Education data indicated that "anywhere from none to nearly 3 million pounds of beef from the USDA that was served in California schools last year could have contained lean finely textured beef."According to the USDA, the cost differential between ground beef with and without the additive has been estimated at approximately 3%.…

Up to 2005, filler could make up to 25 percent of ground meat.Most of the finely textured beef is produced and sold by BPI, Cargill Meat Solutions, and Tyson Foods.As of March 2012 there was no labeling of the product, and only a USDA Organic label would have indicated that beef contained no "pink slime."…

Production increased to less than 2 million pounds in 2013.Cargill also significantly cut production of finely textured beef and in April 2012 "warned [that] the public's resistance to the filler could lead to higher hamburger prices this barbecue season".About 80% of sales of the product evaporated "overnight" in 2012, per the president of Cargill Beef.…

In 2014, finely textured beef production increased modestly, as beef prices rose by 27% and "retailers seek cheaper trimmings to include in hamburger meat and processors find new products to put it in."BPI, which does not label its product, recovered 40 customers since March 2012.…

On April 2, 2012 AFA Foods, a ground-beef processor manufacturer of finely textured beef owned by Yucaipa Companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy citing "ongoing media attention" that has "dramatically reduced the demand for all ground beef products."On April 3, 2012, U.S. cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were at a 3.5-month low, which was partially attributed to the "pink slime" controversy.…